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WEB HOSTING SERVICE PROVIDERS
Web hosting service providers are the organizations that provide servers, connectivity, and associated
services to host websites. They offer different types of plans ranging from free with limited services
to expensive web hosting services specialized for large business. Once you select the desired plan,
your web hosting service provider will give you the domain name system (DNS) which makes sure
that the browser connects to the right server on which your website’s files are stored.
TYPES OF WEB HOSTING
There are mainly four types of web hosting: Shared Web Hosting, VPS Web Hosting, Dedicated Web
Hosting and Self Service Web Hosting. Let us learn about these in detail.
Shared Web Hosting
Shared hosting means to hosts your website on a shared server. A shared server is server on which some
other websites are also hosted. The main advantage of this type of hosting is to share cost. This type of
web hosting service providers provides services like hosting space, technical support and e-mail better
than the free web hosting service providers. Some examples of shared web hosting service providers are:
• https://www.bluehost.com • https://in.godaddy.com
VPS Web Hosting
Virtual Private Server (VPS) web hosting service providers give you one physical server which act like
multiple or separate servers. These are expensive than the shared web hosting service providers.
Some of the examples of the VPS web hosting service providers are:
• https://www.hostwinds.com • https://www.bluehost.com
Dedicated Web Hosting
Dedicated web hosting service providers give you a separate server for your website, which means
you are renting one physical server from a hosting organization. You can have full control of your
server. Generally, large organizations choose this type of web hosting service. Some of the examples
of the dedicated web hosting service providers:
• https://www.hostgator.com • https://www.siteground.com
Self-service Web Hosting
Self-service web hosting means to create your own
server on your computer and host your website on it. Tech Fact
For this, you need to purchase web server software and Publishing a website requires
install on your computer. Ensure that there are sufficient some amount of money according
cooling and power in your machine room. You also need to the plan you have selected.
to take care of storage capacity and bandwidth of your
internet connection.
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